Well you guys asked for it, so here I am reading out loud an article I wrote a couple months ago for The Fullest. It’s about how my first hangover taught me self-care isn’t just green juice and face masks, sometimes it’s rest and cookies. It forced me into true intuitive eating when I had to listen to my body’s cravings over what my dogmatic-wellness-obsessed-dieting mind would usually allow.

Above all, the experience of being hung over made me realize how I prioritized a rigid self-care to-do list over people, creativity, and experiencing life. The entire situation showed me all forms of self-care should prioritize connection and presence over anything else. Most traditional self-care is solo, which can be great and really useful sometimes, yet other times it can be a way of hiding and isolating out of fear.

I’m still learned how to decipher which version of self-care I need when. My default has become to isolate, and this article/ episode explores how I’m still learning my version of self-care now includes connecting and putting myself in an uncertain situations more that cozy certain ones. Plus, I give my likes and learns for the week, a giveaway, and more…

All original music composed by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs